A rat moves into a young squirrel's peaceful neighborhood and refuses to respect the space. Unable to force the rat to move away, the other animals watch as more and more rats come to live in the area of town they once avoided.

A native Brooklynite helps a big man get to Boisenhoist, a section in Brooklyn. However, as the two converse, the native Brooklynite becomes more and more wary of the other man's antics.

In 1960s Boston, a Jewish deli owner who struggles to come up with his newest joke stumbles into a scam with more ramifications than he could have ever dreamed possible.

A man recounts his life experience in New York, covering the various people near and dear to him, as well as the growth of the city itself.

A man is forced to reconsider his suspicions of superstition when a racketeer decides the man is good luck.

An older gentleman walks around his hometown of New York City and reminisces about the life he used to live there, only to find his home is not as familiar as he thought.

A city employs people to act strangely to order to make others feel normal.

When his landlord tells him he must move out by the end of the month, a jobless, penniless young man has to find a way to start over while he navigates corruption all around him.

The landlord of a New York City Brownstone is murdered and through a series of overlapping anecdotes, one of his tenants claims to have solved the mystery.

In New York, a young woman goes to a dinner party with her boss’s friend. After a tense game of charades, too many drinks and a decision to spend the night, she wonders why people make the choices they do and if anyone else will remember them.